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October 2018

October 24, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher and His Redwood Tree

I have been setting up a new office space on the second floor landing of...

October 22, 2018

Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost Job 42:1-6, 10-17 October 28, 2018 “Reading a Difficult Yet Crucial Text”

Anyone who speaks two or more languages knows all too well that all translations from...

October 18, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Returns to LA from New Mexico: Some Thoughts

Several weeks ago I said that my wife, Diana, and I were on our way...

October 12, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Visits the Pecos National Historic Park

I wrote several weeks ago that I was beginning a visit to our cabin high...

October 08, 2018

Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost Job 38:1-7, (34-41) October 21, 2018 “A Revelation of God”

The key to understanding the book of Job is a careful evaluation of the speeches...

October 05, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Revisits Hiroshima

My wife and I actually visited Hiroshima, Japan over 30 years ago, but the memory...

October 04, 2018

Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost Job 23:1-9, 16-17 October 14, 2108 “Hope and Despair”

With this second week on the book of Job, the lectionary connectors offer us a...

October 02, 2018

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost Job 1:1, 2:1-10 October 7, 2018 “What the Church Has Missed”

Today we will address the first of four weeks on the book of Job. I...

October 01, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Confronts His White Male Privilege

Judge Brett Kavanaugh and I have much in common, though that commonality on the surface...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Visits His New Mexico Cabin

I have for my entire life wanted to participate in one of nature’s grandest displays—the...

September 26, 2018

Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost Esther 7:1-6, 9-10 September 30, 2018 “The Path to Bigotry”

Most of us know one memorable verse from the late story of Esther, 4:14: “Who...

September 19, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Settles in to a Tiny House

As I have hinted over the past few months of my “Peripatetic Preacher” blog, my...

September 17, 2018

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost Proverbs 31:10-31 September 23, 2018 “Ode to a Capable Wife?”

As a man, I am treading on rather thin ice as I approach this infamous...

September 07, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Goes Willingly to Phoenix–in the Summer!

I know, I know! I should have my head examined. Can’t I read a weather...

September 06, 2018

Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost Proverbs 1:20-33 September 16, 2018 “How Long?”

Last week the lectionary offered us a brief look at a few rather disjointed proverbs...

September 04, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Goes to Ghost Ranch, NM

Last week in this blog I said I was going to lead a retreat for...

September 03, 2018

Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 September 9, 2018 “Freeze-Dried and Partial Truth”

As we near the end of the long summer season, or in churchy terms the...

August 2018

August 28, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Goes to Los Alamos

In May, rather out of the blue, I was asked to lead a retreat for...

August 27, 2018

Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Song of Solomon 2:8-13 September 2, 2018 “The Most Beautiful Song”

The afterlife of the 8-chapter “Song of Songs” is filled with rich and often hilarious...

August 22, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Listens to Classical Music

I imagine any of you who have been reading this blog for a time have...

August 21, 2018

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost 1 Kings 8: (1,6,10-11) August 26, 2018 “Welcoming the Foreigner”

The bulk of the very long chapter in today’s passage concerns the dedication of the...

August 14, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Visits the Redwoods

A few springs ago, my wife and I drove up the California coast, heading for...

August 13, 2018

Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 August 19, 2018 “Why These Texts?”

As any of you know who have been following my lectionary blog this summer, I...

August 07, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Visits Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks

Some years ago, probably longer ago than my mind can conjure, I was asked to...

August 06, 2018

Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 August 12, 2108 “David’s Failure”

Joab did not care what his king told him as he left the city to...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Prepares to Preach

In two weeks I will be returning to my old Dallas school to preach at...

July 30, 2018

Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13 August 5, 2108 “Sin’s Wages?”

Well, David mused to himself, I handled that mess with ease. It would have been...

July 24, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher Meets His Obsession

The sermon I heard last Sunday was based on the final commandment of the Big...

July 24, 2018

Tenth Sunday After Pentecost 2 Samuel 11:1-15 July 29, 2018 “Disaster”

David was bored. Even though his aging general Joab had called for fresh combat against...

July 19, 2018

The Peripatetic Preacher (Finally!) Has A Home

I announced in this blog some 15 months ago that I and my wife Diana...

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